{"id":15679,"date":"2026-04-29T13:47:54","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T13:47:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/kirkcolmprimary\/?p=15679"},"modified":"2026-04-29T13:47:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T13:47:54","slug":"cpr-with-lydia-downie-paramedic-extraordinaire-%e2%9d%a4%ef%b8%8f%f0%9f%a9%b9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/kirkcolmprimary\/2026\/04\/29\/cpr-with-lydia-downie-paramedic-extraordinaire-%e2%9d%a4%ef%b8%8f%f0%9f%a9%b9\/","title":{"rendered":"CPR With Lydia Downie! Paramedic Extraordinaire \u2764\ufe0f\u200d\ud83e\ude79"},"content":{"rendered":"
This afternoon, P4-7 welcomed a very special visitor into our classroom; Lydia Downie, the ambulance technician \ud83d\ude91As part of our \u2018body systems\u2019 science topic, Lydia had very kindly offered to come in for a CPR workshop. With her she brought the armless and legless Frank, the CPR dummy.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Lydia started off by explaining how she responds to an emergency using the DR ABC technique. This involved firstly checking for \u2018Danger,\u2019 secondly checking for a \u2018Response\u2019. Afterwards, it was time for action, she showed us how to check a patients \u2018Airways\u2019\u00a0 and the patients \u2018Breathing\u2019 and pulse by touching their neck. If the patients breathing, that\u2019s when we would look at \u2018Circulation\u2019 and the heart.\u2764\ufe0f<\/span><\/div>\n
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Lydia showed us how to give Frank some beats with our hands to support his heart. We learned that the song \u2018Staying Alive\u2019 helps us with the rhythm of our beats. \ud83c\udfb6Afterwards, she impressed us by showing us the AED, or the \u2018defibrillator\u2019 which would be used to shock the heart and help it to get back to its usual rhythm and where to place the shock pads on a patients body.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Then, of course, it wouldn\u2019t be a visit from the emergency service without a look into their vehicle \ud83d\udc40 We ventured out into the sunshine to have a look inside Lydia\u2019s ambulance. We really enjoyed playing patient and paramedic and sitting inside the driver\u2019s seat. Lydia showed us where the medicine is stored in the ambulance and what medication would be required when in different emergencies. We were challenged to put a bandage on our friend the quickest \u2013 we had lots of fun! And, I\u2019m sure everyone\u2019s had fun with these at home too.<\/span><\/div>\n
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A HUGE big thank you to Lydia for giving up another afternoon to our Partnership and coming to see us here at Kirkcolm! We learned so much about the heart and the circulatory and respiratory body systems.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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